Dunhuangia cuii
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dunhuangia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Dunhuangia is a bird genus, belonging to the Enantiornithes, which during the Early Cretaceous lived in the area of present China.
In 2015, Wang Min, Li Daqing, Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor, Zhou Zhonghe and You Hailu named and described the type species Dunhuangia cuii. The generic name refers to the city of Dunhuang in Gansu province. The specific name honours preparator Cui Guihia.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2015.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Dunhuangia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.